The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

Quote by Shakespeare

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Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; for in my youth I...

Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; for in my youth I...

Great floods have flown from simple sources.

Great floods have flown from simple sources.

Men shut their doors against a setting sun.

Men shut their doors against a setting sun.

Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.

Honesty is as much saying everything as it is saying what is true.

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged a fire sparkling...

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged a fire sparkling...

Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.

Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.

And makes me poor indeed.

And makes me poor indeed.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Soft pity enters an iron gate.

Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor,...

Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor,...

I must be cruel only to be kind

I must be cruel only to be kind

I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.

I care not, a man can die but once; we owe God and death.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

To be, or not to be: that is the question.

To be, or not to be: that is the question.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend,...

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend,...

Love is too young to know what conscience is.

Love is too young to know what conscience is.

Every man after his desert, and who shall scape whipping? Use them after your own...

Every man after his desert, and who shall scape whipping? Use them after your own...

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness,...

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness,...

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie Which we ascribe to heaven.

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie Which we ascribe to heaven.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.

Self-confidence is a key to unlock self-motivation.

Self-confidence is a key to unlock self-motivation.